A DEMAND FOR A NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR MEN IN INDIA: A RATIONALE AND ITS POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES

Anant Kumar (pandeyanant@hotmail.com)
Associate Professor at Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Abstract

There are instances where women have misused anti-dowry or violence against women laws to maliciously implicate and harass men and their family members. Despite being innocent, families are lagging behind bars in prison for years. The men and their family members believe that they do not have adequate legal provision or protection. They are demanding to constitute a separate commission for men, where they can share their concerns, defend themselves, and safeguard the interests of their family members. Will the constitution of separate commission for men be able to stop women from doing atrocities on men and their families?

Keywords: men’s rights, gender, violence against men, dowry harassment, crime against men, national commission for men, India

Author Biography

Anant Kumar is an Associate Professor at Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Public Health Leadership Programme at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and an Adjunct Additional Professor at Global Institute of Public Health, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Dr Kumar obtained his doctoral degree in Social Medicine and Community Health from Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and his Bachelor and Master degree in Psychology from the University of Allahabad. He is associated with various organisations and professional groups and has been published in several national and international journals. He is also on the panel of reviewers for various national and international Journals. He has been the recipient of Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence fellowship.

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